Arthur Fery (French: Féry; born 12 July 2002) is a British tennis player.

Arthur Fery
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceWimbledon, England
Born (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21)
Sèvres, France
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeStanford
CoachCraig Veal
Benoit Foucher
Prize money$221,064
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 258 (15 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 258 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (2023)
Australian Open Junior3R (2020)
French Open Junior3R (2020)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2019)
US Open Junior2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 324 (20 March 2023)
Current rankingNo. 445 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2022)
Australian Open JuniorSF (2020)
French Open JuniorQF (2020)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2019)
US Open Junior1R (2019)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2021)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Fery has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 261 achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 324 achieved on 20 March 2023.[1]

Education edit

Fery attended King's College School before enrolling at Stanford University, playing in the Pac-12 Conference.[2]

Career edit

Fery competed in ITF junior events, reaching a career high junior world ranking of 12 on 2 March 2020.[3] He reached the semi-finals of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles and the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles. He received a wildcard into 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying, where he beat Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Matthew Ebden before losing in five sets in the final round of qualifying to Tallon Griekspoor, despite winning the first two sets and going a break up in the third. He was entered into the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles as an alternate, partnering Tara Moore, after the withdrawal of Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina.[4] Fery and Moore were eliminated in the third round.

In June 2023 he secured his first win at the ATP Challenger Tour level when he defeated experienced American Steve Johnson at the 2023 Nottingham Open.[5][6]

Personal life edit

Fery was born in Sèvres.[7] His mother is Olivia Féry, who was also a professional tennis player, featuring in the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1991 French Open and representing the Hong Kong Fed Cup team when she became a resident of Hong Kong.[8] His father is Loïc Féry, a French businessman and the president of football club FC Lorient.[9]

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2022 M25 Nottingham, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Daniel Cox 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 M25 Sheffield, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Giles Hussey 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Oct 2022 M25 Sunderland, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Harry Wendelken 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Jan 2023 M25 Malibu, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Alex Michelsen 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 4–1 Aug 2023 M25 Aldershot, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Toby Samuel 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Sep 2023 M25 Pozzuoli, Italy World Tennis Tour Hard   Francesco Forti 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–3 Oct 2023 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Challenger Hard (i)   Tomáš Macháč 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2019 M15 Nules, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Emilien Voisin   Mirko Martinez
  Damien Wenger
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 2–0 Aug 2021 M15 Gdynia, Poland World Tennis Tour Clay   Luke Johnson   Michał Mikuła
  Yann Wójcik
6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Aug 2022 M25 Roehampton, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Mark Whitehouse   Giles Hussey
  Joe Tyler
5–7, 3–6
Win 3–1 Oct 2022 M25 Sunderland, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Mili Poljičak   Giles Hussey
  Johannus Monday
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Nov 2022 Drummondville, Canada Challenger Hard (i)   Giles Hussey   Julian Cash
  Henry Patten
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Apr 2023 M25 Porto, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Stuart Parker   Diego Fernandez Flores
  Duarte Vale
6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Aug 2023 M25 Aldershot, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard   Anton Matusevich   Emile Hudd
  Johannus Monday
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 5–3 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard   Joshua Paris   Pruchya Isaro
  Maximus Jones
6–2, 7–5

References edit

  1. ^ "Arthur Fery | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Arthur Fery - Men's Tennis". Stanford University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Arthur Fery | Overview | ITF Junior Tour | Tennis". ITF.
  4. ^ Scroll Staff. "Wimbledon day 6 order of play: Federer takes on Norrie and home crowd; Sania Mirza in doubles action". Scroll.in.
  5. ^ "Nottingham Open 2023 results: Andy Murray, Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart and Jodie Burrage win". BBC Sport. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Rothesay Open Nottingham 2023: Arthur Fery & George Loffhagen claim first Challenger wins as nine Brits progress to second round". lta.org. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Arthur Fery". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Queen of the court misplaces her crown". South China Morning Post. 20 March 1998.
  9. ^ "Chez Loïc Féry, le sport est une affaire de famille". Ouest-France (in French). 17 February 2018.

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